Radiation carotid blowout syndrome in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Angiographic features and endovascular management

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-91

  Luo, Chao Bao ^a,b   Teng, Michael Mu Huo ^a,b   Chang, Feng Chi ^a,b   Chang, Cheng Yen ^a,b   Guo, Wan You ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID BLOWOUT SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349070284     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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